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1. August 16, 2007

   Marc

   Thanks for attempting to blend the two Fume Blancs! Keep stepping out of the box Gary!

2. August 16, 2007

   Cristina

   Lurker weighing in: loved this ep!

   QOTD: Live in Italy

3. August 16, 2007

   Kate & Rob

   Excellent episode, Gary!
   We’re scouring the bargain bins for your Thundercat glory.
   QOTD: Rob – my dream project is in the works now and it feels great! At the age of 23, I’m feeling proud and pretty damn lucky.
   I’m also lucky to have found someone to teach me what the hell wine is!

   QOTD: Kate – teach myself to sew clothes, grow lots of my own veggies, and go to law school or get an MBA!

4. August 16, 2007

   Carlo

   Now I’m confused. I always thought that the fume in Pouilly Fume was because of the wine’s smoky characteristic. This is the first time I’ve heard of the fog aspect.

   QOTD: I want to live in Europe!

5. August 16, 2007

   Hazzmaticus

   from wikipedia …

   In North America, California is the leading producer of Sauvignon blanc with plantings also found in Washington State and on the Niagara Peninsula and Okanagan Valley in Canada. In California wine produced from the Sauvignon blanc grape is also known as Fumé blanc. This California wine was first made by Napa Valley’s Robert Mondavi Winery in 1968. Mondavi had been offered a crop of particularly good Sauvignon blanc grapes by a grower. At that time the variety had a poor reputation in California due to its grassy flavor and aggressive aromas. Mondavi decided to try to tame that aggressiveness with barrel agings and released the wine under the name Fumé blanc as an allusion to the French Pouilly-Fumé. The usage of the term is primarily a marketing base one with California wine makers choosing which ever name they prefer. Both oaked and unoaked Sauvignon blanc wines have been marketed under the name Fumé blanc. California Sauvignon blancs tend to fall into two styles. The New Zealand influenced-Sauvignon blanc have more tropical fruit undertones with citrus and passion fruit notes. The Mondavi-influenced Fumé Blanc are more rounder with melon notes.

6. August 16, 2007

   Dominus

   “You and a little bit of me . . .”

   Sitting here trying a trio of whites that are quite good from your most recent shows.

   QOTD: Before I die, I want to attend all of the tennis Grand Slams and the only one left is the Australian. So, it’s Australia for me. And, as I see before me, play an instrument and learn a language fluently, preferably German.

   Auf Wiedersehen

7. August 16, 2007

   Zach

   Another great episode GV. I love how you’ve been concentrating on the wines recently and dropping lots of knowledge along the way. KEEP EDUCATING US!

   QOTD: Learn to play an instrument well.

8. August 16, 2007

   JonE

   I don’t know if my heart is broken, or I’m smiling like the Grinch. Good shake up G-Man, turned me on my bum.

   QOTD: France

9. August 16, 2007

   Totte

   Chuk .

   I bought the Mondavi 04 Fume Blanc out of curiousity for some $30. Not worth the money at all. Will seek some F. blancs out in New York to try in my hotel room

   QotD : Finding peace in life. I´m between everything and just work too much.

   K-real

   Swedish T

10. August 16, 2007

    C.W. Miller IV

    Dude! Spell checker screwed up I meant “impudence” NOT “impertinence”.

11. August 16, 2007

    C.W. Miller IV

    Great show, Gary!

    I think they say that rules are meant to be broken, or something like that. Especially stupid, artificial ones created by the elitist, unchanged wine world crew.

    We appreciate your impertinence.

    AotD: The dream is to retire to a nice piece of land, with a small cottage, raise goats, and produce artisan goat’s milk cheese.

    I still haven’t figured out *where* in the world this piece of land will be yet, but I’ve still got a few more years (read: 30 or so) before that becomes a serious concern.

    Take’er easy, brother.

12. August 16, 2007

    matt

    Great show
    You are totally punk rock, in the best way.
    The fact that people will be appalled by you mixing two wines is terrible enough. It’s just wine, and I agree with you that you’ve got to have fun with it.
    That’s why I watch anyway.

13. August 16, 2007

    Scarred1

    Great show Gary. The education and energy are very nice. 13 days til school starts?

    QOTD: No regrets. I’ve achieved more than I would have ever guessed I would. There are many places that I’d like to visit yet. I have wanted to master a second language – it is getting harder as I get older. Lots of little thing left to do.

    Thanks.
    John

14. August 16, 2007

    wolfie

    wow gv, gettin’ deep for the qotd! i’ve got something sitting there too, but i haven’t figured out exactly what it is yet. i wanna do SOMETHING… an i kinda am doing something, but it doesn’t feel like THAT something, you know? but i’m not 31 yet, so i’ve got time…

15. August 16, 2007

    SteveW

    #73 WOW, maybe someday I’ll make it to the top 10.
    I’ve blended allot of wine over the years. Basically taking two bad wines and trying to create one o.k. wine. If I have an older wine that has lost most of its fruit I a may add some younger wine of a similar varietal to it.

16. August 16, 2007

    Marc Mc

    QOTD: I want to make some wine. Been thinking about Crushpad, but I don’t know what I would do with 25 cases of 1 wine from one vintage. Maybe we should have a WLTV group do 1 wine, one or two caes a piece, and Gary could give his opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Message me if you want to do something, thanks, Marc

17. August 16, 2007

    jason

    maybe a little fume blanc VS. it’s french counter part??
    QOTD: travel to asia and save some lunch money to drink some dynamo burgundies and all the other good stuff. i am with Jen, just tackle it. my old prof, said the only thing he regrets is the stuff he did not do. me, i am moving to switzerland tomorrow… bye bye france. i am surely going to miss La France. la suisse is next door, more selection outside of the french wines. i might start drinking spanish and italian wines again. it is my birthday tomorrow too. maybe i will open a bottle of 98 priorat rather than a french bottle.
    next time

18. August 16, 2007

    Pastore

    First off… GO COLTS!!
    Now that I have that out of the way, good info on a wine I have rarely tried.
    QOTD: Gotta see more of the world!!

19. August 16, 2007

    Jennifer

    I don’t want any borscht either!! ..Terrific.. show, GV. QOTD: 1) write something important; 2) act; 3) get married. I still intend to tackle all of those in some capacity.

20. August 16, 2007

    Joseph Rones

    I’m a lurker. But, its fund to watch. Thanks.

21. August 16, 2007

    Harley Stan

    Great episode as always. I was wondering if you could post the address where you would like your thundercats sent to.
    QOTD- Start working for myself, I still have plenty of time I just need to do it.

22. August 16, 2007

    TagWorld Brian

    QOTD: Travel more, try some of those pricey pricey winezes – like the D’Yquem, and… that’s about it. I don’t have many regrets. Things are okey dokey overall.

23. August 16, 2007

    Jon B.

    Fume blanc will be explored more in the near future. Great episode. QOTD there is a thing that sits in my bread basket and will happen before my days are done and that’s an intense need to travel and explore the world to take in all its sights and smells and wonders. Thanks GV and WLTV crew.

24. August 16, 2007

    Robin

    I’ve never heard of a thundercat before. Is there some sort of story that goes with it?

    I just had some Flora Springs Soliloquy, sauvignon blanc, and although my husband has turned to New Zealand sb’s exclusively, I though it was nice to have something a little more subtle for a change.

    QOTD: I had promised myself that I would write – fiction – and this is a good reminder to start.
    Also, I was reminded how much I regretted having dated my good friend’s husband, although it was before either he or I ever met her. I thought he was a goof, and was telling her this amusing story about our date when she recognized some physical characteristics I was describing and said that that might be her new boyfriend. I back-pedalled quickly and denied a similarity. Now they’re getting divorced and neither he nor I have ever acknowledged meeting each other and it’s sort of the divorce of the century, and I just have an uneasy feeling about it.

25. August 16, 2007

    Elliot Essman

    Great move with the spontaneous blend. I’m very surprised that’s the first time you tried this. This might be the basis for an entire episode.

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